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@dtvgone, from the sounds of it this would be an issue on our end. Unfortunately, I haven't received any reports regarding this and neither have my co-workers. I would recommend submittng a report to our engineers. If you'd like I will be happy to report this a second time, just send me a PM.

Thanks; I have some additional data to report that you can send to the engineers.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II (android 4.1x), and hadn't previously used the dishonline android app, just streaming from HBO, Cinemax and Epix.

The Note streams well from those internet-based sites, and I tried it yesterday at home to see if the same display problems would occur from a sling stream.

The display problems did not occur with playback of PTAT recordings from either the PTAT folder/tab or from the link to them in My Recordings, for those with timers. Recordings from other channels, such as HBO displayed correctly, as did live TV from the LIL and other channels.

The android app also displays all available recordings in My Recordings for PTAT shows that have timers. This does not occur with the browser-based PC app (with either IE 10 or Chrome).

The browser-based PC app only displays one or two of the PTAT shows with timers, generally only one of the three that currently have unwatched episodes.

Adding dishonline.com to the sites requiring compatibility view in IE 10 results in all of the PTAT shows with timers and saved episodes displaying in My Recordings, but has no impact on the flickering display for those recordings.

The Note II screen resolution is 1080p, so expect it is displaying a 1080i stream.

The sling bitrate to the laptop is generally only in the 6-7 mbps range on the home network, even though the HIC is connected to a gigabit Ethernet port on the router, and the laptop has a dual channel wireless-N connection at 300mbps. That is about the same as my old laptop, and I had expected a higher bitrate for streaming with better hardware.

The sling bitrate to the Note II is only about 1 mbps, even though the connection to the wireless router is single channel wireless N. I had expected a higher streaming rate to the phone.

I find Dish online / Sling adapter to be working much better these days. Starts streaming as fast as Netfllix. Any PTAT recording I have saved, shows up and plays from my Nexus 7 (or PC). Any PTAT recording not saved doesn't show up, PC or device (I expect them not to since it's a file on Dish's internal space). I seldom use it, but it's great for killing time.

I find Dish online / Sling adapter to be working much better these days. Starts streaming as fast as Netfllix. Any PTAT recording I have saved, shows up and plays from my Nexus 7 (or PC). Any PTAT recording not saved doesn't show up, PC or device (I expect them not to since it's a file on Dish's internal space). I seldom use it, but it's great for killing time.

All my PTAT content shows up fine via Dish Online and on my phones and Ipad.

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What desktop or laptop hardware, OS and browser are you using to access dishonline?

This might be a Windows 8 problem.

I didn't have this same video problem with my old laptop (2007 vintage Dell Precision M6300 with older dual core processor, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro video card, Win 7 pro 64 bit), but didn't use sling streaming very often. The lower processing power on the old system resulted in slow frame rates and stuttering, so PQ wasn't worth watching. That is different than the current display problems. No display abnormalities occurred with the older hardware streaming from internet sites (dishonline, HBO or Cinemax).

Can't run the systems in parallel at this time on my home network, as I brought the old laptop at my office to use as an emergency backup.

It works for me on Android ICS, Ipad and Iphone 6.xx (whatever the current version is), Windows 7 - chrome,IE9,FX, Windows XP, Chrome,FF,IE8. 2 desktops and 1 laptop with no problems and multiple devices with no issues.

Thanks! I noticed I only had one PT show, and it was lost in my long list. Your picture allowed me to find the sort by date, and appears to be listed correctly. I can't seem to find the screen or option that shows the name with "edit". Mine just says DVR at the top center.

edit: Nevermind, found that screen on my PC, was looking at my Nexus 7.

All my PTAT content shows up fine via Dish Online and on my phones and Ipad.

Thanks! I noticed I only had one PT show, and it was lost in my long list. Your picture allowed me to find the sort by date, and appears to be listed correctly. I can't seem to find the screen or option that shows the name with "edit". Mine just says DVR at the top center.

edit: Nevermind, found that screen on my PC, was looking at my Nexus 7.

I would try refreshing.. I normally just hover over the DVR option in the middle of the page and then click on Recordings and when the recordings page loads, then I see the receiver name and the edit option on the left. If you still don't see it, try another browser. I believe i was using Chrome when I took that screenshot.